Establishes the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program to assess legislative impacts on health coverage costs.

The bill establishes the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program, run by the Center for Health Care Data at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. This program will analyze proposed legislation that imposes new mandates on health benefit plan issuers or administrators in Texas. The analysis will estimate the impact of the legislation on health coverage costs, use of health care services, administrative expenses, and economic loss. The lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, or committee chairs can request an analysis.

Establishes the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program to assess legislative impacts on health coverage costs.

The bill establishes the Health Impact, Cost, and Coverage Analysis Program, run by the Center for Health Care Data at The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston. This program will analyze proposed legislation that imposes new mandates on health benefit plan issuers or administrators in Texas. The analysis will estimate the impact of the legislation on health coverage costs, use of health care services, administrative expenses, and economic loss. The lieutenant governor, speaker of the house, or committee chairs can request an analysis.